Behold! The Guilt-Free December Tomato
Behold! The Guilt-Free December Tomato Just over an hour’s drive from the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík, the greenhouses of Friðheimar farm emit a warm glow that cuts through the dark, cold landscape of a sub-arctic winter. Inside the greenhouses, rows of bright red, juicy tomatoes await their harvest, all thanks to water drawn from a nearby geothermal well that is keeping 2,000 square feet of plants in constant, life-sustaining warmth. It’s the success of Iceland’s geothermal greenhouses such as at Friðheimar that has inspired the NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) of southern Labrador to now start thinking about geothermal greenhouses for their communities. Part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, here frost can arrive by late September and linger until May. The short growing season has traditionally meant that communities have had no choice but to rely on fresh produce transported into them by truck and ferry. These supply chains are vulnerable to climate shocks …
